What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Tester position at Smksoft?
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Job Title: 0225-10: IT Tester (Real-Time Performance Tester)
Requirements: U.S. Citizen, , GC-EAD, TN Visa
Location: Vienna, VA (Remote for now; local to Vienna, VA for return to office in the future)
If you answer YES to all three questions, you may be a good fit for this role:
- Do you have demonstrated experience in load testing, stress testing, stability testing, and test automation for real-time applications?
- Are you proficient in automated testing frameworks (such as Selenium, JMeter) and experienced with Kubernetes, real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebSockets, MQTT), and event streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka)?
- Do you have working experience in PySpark/Python, Databricks, SQL, and advanced database scripting (backup, restore, data migration)?
Qualification and Education Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience in load test, stress test, stability test, and test automation.
- Design comprehensive test strategies for real-time Kubernetes applications, covering functional, performance, stress, and fault tolerance testing aspects.
- Develop and maintain detailed test cases for various scenarios including message queuing, event processing, distributed system interactions, and real-time data streaming.
- Conduct load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks in real-time applications running on Kubernetes clusters, optimizing resource allocation and scaling mechanisms.
- Implement real-time monitoring solutions to track application health metrics, latency, throughput, and resource usage during testing, identifying potential issues proactively.
- Proficiency in automated testing frameworks like Selenium, JMeter, or other relevant tools for real-time application testing.
- Working experience in PySpark/Python and Databricks and proficiency in SQL.
- Knowledge of real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebSockets, MQTT), event streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka), and distributed system design principles.
- Hands-on experience in PowerShell, Windows batch scripting is a plus.
- Agile Delivery Azure DevOps/Boards, JIRA.
- Proficiency in agile delivery metrics terminology.
- Advanced database scripting (backup, restore, data migration, and health checks).
- Knowledge of CI/CD integration for databases.
Desired Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- Master s degree in information technology or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
- Expert knowledge of banking/financial industry trends, products, and services.
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